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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Vital statistics for the several metropolitan boroughs and the County of London in the year 1929. (Rates per 1,000 of civil population.)
| Metropolitan boroughs. (Arranged in topographical order.) | Estimated civil population. 1929. | Births. | Deaths. | Infant mortality (per 1,000 births;. | Measles | Scarlet lever. | Diphtheria. | Whoop Inn cough. | Typhoid fever. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis, age 0-2 (per 1,000 births). | Phthisis. | Pneumonia. | Bronchitis. | Cancer. | Maternal mortality (per 1,000 births). | Notified cases of Infectious disease. (a) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid fever. | Erysipelas. | Cerebrospinal fever. | Acute pneumonia. | ||||||||||||||||
| Paddington | 142,800 | 15.0 | 15.5 | 101 | .01 | – | .06 | .50 | .01 | 16.8 | .78 | 1.62 | .72 | 1.99 | 4.21 | 2.30 | 2.24 | .13 | .48 | .04 | 2.67 |
| Kensington | 175,800 | 14.5 | 15.4 | 86 | .01 | .01 | .06 | .40 | – | 19.3 | .68 | 1.46 | 1.30 | 1.60 | 6.29 | 3.02 | 1.84 | .10 | .43 | .01 | 1.49 |
| Hammersmith | 136,900 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 62 | .01 | – | .04 | .30 | .01 | 8.8 | .99 | 1.19 | 1.12 | 1.69 | 3.24 | 2.86 | 1.81 | .03 | .53 | .02 | 1.68 |
| Fulham | 153,700 | 15.4 | 13.8 | 73 | .07 | .02 | .07 | .25 | – | 12.3 | .94 | 1.22 | .66 | 1.65 | 4.23 | 3.14 | 2.39 | .01 | .51 | .03 | 2.25 |
| Chelsea | 62,680 | 11.7 | 15.7 | 71 | .03 | – | .05 | .19 | .02 | 10.9 | .72 | 1.37 | .69 | 2.14 | 9.51 | 2.38 | 2.24 | .03 | .56 | .02 | 3.10 |
| Westminster, City of | 125,800 | 10.5 | 14.9 | 77 | .01 | – | .06 | .17 | – | 8.8 | .92 | 1.34 | .84 | 1.76 | 2.20 | 1.70 | 1.34 | .06 | .38 | .02 | .39 |
| St. Marylebone | 102,400 | 12.0 | 14.2 | 77 | .04 | .01 | .02 | .22 | – | 13.0 | .87 | 1.50 | .86 | 1.92 | 4.05 | 2.25 | 1.64 | .11 | .39 | .03 | .89 |
| Hampstead | 84,830 | 11.4 | 13.5 | 54 | – | .02 | .04 | .14 | – | 6.2 | .57 | .74 | .81 | 2.06 | 5.17 | 1.69 | .78 | .06 | .25 | .02 | 1.54 |
| St. Pancras | 203,900 | 15.6 | 15.4 | 82 | .04 | .02 | .09 | .37 | .01 | 13 .2 | 1.08 | 1.40 | 1.24 | 1.53 | 3.14 | 3.30 | 1.83 | .10 | .54 | .02 | 2.29 |
| Islington | 319,800 | 17.6 | 15.0 | 72 | .03 | .03 | .11 | .40 | .01 | 12.1 | .99 | 1.59 | 1.05 | 1.52 | 3.37 | 3.62 | 3.14 | .06 | .47 | .02 | 1.62 |
| Stoke Newington | 50,040 | 16.1 | 13.4 | 47 | .02 | .02 | .04 | .10 | – | 8.7 | .86 | 1.08 | .68 | 2.04 | 4.95 | 2.61 | 2.69 | .10 | .40 | – | .56 |
| Hackney | 214,400 | 16.0 | 13.9 | 57 | .02 | .00 | .13 | .11 | .00 | 10.5 | .96 | 1.28 | .95 | 1.59 | 4.67 | 4.00 | 3.13 | .04 | .30 | .01 | .51 |
| Holborn | 38,380 | 10.2 | 15.6 | 74 | – | – | .05 | .18 | – | 7.7 | 1.04 | 1.07 | 1.49 | 1.59 | 2.55 | 3.34 | 1.83 | .13 | .60 | – | 2.33 |
| Finsbury | 70,980 | 19.0 | 16.0 | 77 | .03 | .01 | .08 | .41 | – | 3.0 | 1.04 | 1.51 | 1.87 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 4.04 | 3.19 | .08 | .73 | .01 | 2.16 |
| London, City of (b) | 10,980 | 7.7 | 14.5 | 60 | – | – | .18 | – | – | – | .27 | 1.46 | .73 | 1.55 | – | 3.11 | 1.92 | – | .27 | – | 1.00 |
| Shoreditch | 99,710 | 20.1 | 16.0 | 84 | .17 | .03 | .10 | .40 | .03 | 10.5 | .97 | 1.54 | 1.21 | 1.46 | 2.00 | 3.57 | 3.52 | .04 | .54 | .06 | 1.80 |
| Bethnal Green | 110,500 | 18.7 | 13.7 | 64 | .15 | .04 | .06 | .25 | .01 | 13.6 | .99 | 1.87 | 1.01 | 1.29 | 4.84 | 5.14 | 3.14 | .04 | .78 | .01 | 2.50 |
| Stepney | 241,800 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 90 | .14 | .01 | .05 | .34 | .00 | 21.4 | 1.00 | 1.63 | .85 | 1.20 | 3.09 | 4.84 | 2.90 | .05 | .72 | .03 | 2.50 |
| Poplar | 160,000 | 19.2 | 14.2 | 75 | .08 | .02 | .10 | .27 | .01 | 12.1 | 1.04 | 1.78 | 1.24 | 1.36 | 3.27 | 5.08 | 3.57 | .03 | .53 | .03 | 4.60 |
| Southwark | 178,500 | 18.1 | 15.8 | 82 | .11 | .02 | .13 | .27 | .01 | 12.1 | 1.35 | 1.55 | 1.09 | 1.44 | 2.17 | 3.72 | 3.40 | .03 | .60 | .06 | 2.73 |
| Bermondsey | 113,800 | 19.8 | 14.5 | 71 | .01 | .04 | .05 | .29 | .01 | 7.5 | 1.05 | 1.80 | 1.13 | 1.29 | 2.22 | 5.15 | 4.08 | .02 | .40 | .04 | .97 |
| Lambeth | 294,400 | 15.7 | 14.9 | 68 | .10 | .02 | .10 | .20 | .01 | 8.9 | 1.05 | 1.20 | .83 | 1.71 | 3.46 | 3.85 | 3.01 | .10 | .48 | .03 | 2.27 |
| Battersea | 161,800 | 16.2 | 14.2 | 63 | .03 | .02 | .07 | .27 | .01 | 8.4 | 1.15 | 1.24 | .99 | 1.50 | 1.91 | 3.26 | 3.10 | .01 | .43 | .02 | 3.44 |
| Wandsworth | 346,700 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 62 | .01 | .02 | .07 | .18 | .01 | 6.5 | .90 | .93 | .82 | 1.50 | 4.97 | 2.68 | 2.24 | .06 | .45 | .04 | 2.22 |
| Camberwell | 256,900 | 15.3 | 13.6 | 68 | .02 | .02 | .06 | .26 | – | 9.7 | .93 | 1.30 | .88 | 1.49 | 2.80 | 4.07 | 2.57 | .05 | .47 | .02 | 1.03 |
| Deptford | 111,000 | 16.8 | 13.3 | 76 | .05 | .04 | .03 | .14 | .01 | 9.1 | .81 | 1.32 | 1.01 | 1.35 | 1.08 | 5.79 | 3.62 | .05 | .49 | .04 | 1.54 |
| Greenwich | 99,900 | 16.2 | 13.9 | 71 | .07 | – | .16 | .18 | .01 | 8.6 | 1.11 | 1.30 | .75 | 1.56 | 1.22 | 3.50 | 3.63 | .05 | .61 | .01 | 1.52 |
| Lewisham | 207,900 | 15.7 | 11.6 | 44 | .02 | .02 | .07 | .10 | .08 | 5.5 | .74 | .74 | .82 | 1.44 | 5.21 | 4.0 | 2.00 | .53 | .34 | .02 | 1.72 |
| Woolwich | 141,600 | 15.7 | 12.6 | 62 | .01 | .02 | .12 | .16 | .01 | 9.1 | 1.01 | .84 | .85 | 1.50 | 6.06 | 3.76 | 3.32 | .04 | .56 | .06 | 2.44 |
| London | 4,417,900 | 15.8 | 14.2 | 71 | .05 | .02 | .08 | .26 | .01 | 11.0 | .96 | 1.33 | .97 | 1.55 | 3.61 | 3.60 | 2.68 | .08 | .49 | .03 | 1.98 |
(a) The distribution of the 1908 notifications of smallpox in London during 1929 is shown in the table on page 7. Six cases proved fatal, one each in Finsbury,
Bethnal Green, Poplar, Woolwich and two in Stepney.
(b) Including Inner and Middle Temple.